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United still massively struggle with leadership on the field, which is something the manager will find difficult to affect if he doesn't have the personalities. Very often that's not about application, intensity, passion or any of those buzz phrases - it's about guys having the personality to stamp their mark on a game. Last season at Palace with three mins to go and Pogba and Zlat combine for a brilliant winner; that type of thing. Hoards of people line up to ask why players aren't running more, and that's fair enough. But you're just as entitled to ask why Martial, Mkhi, Mata, Herrera, Lukaku etc aren't producing more quality. |
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Something we've seen with the squad for a few seasons in all honesty, players being asked to fill in and do a job, as opposed to flourish & building the strongest XI with the best players in their natural positions. Whilst I fully acknowledge you can build a flexible squad with this approach, it doesn't hold up under a great deal of pressure. Mata will always make a mistake of some kind whilst out on the wing, Mhki can't cope with his back to play at 10, Herrera is always going to get caught out pressing if he's in a 2, thus exposing his partner & the centre backs. Martial has looked lethal on the left in small doses, but it would be remiss to think he's a classic wide player. He should be in a (fluid) front three with Rashford, allowing Lukaku some development to move around also. Mourinho has a massive skill set to delve into, but he's certainly always going to prioritise the result over the performance. It's so obvious that he needs to work on his own cycle, this season will get better & I only expect us to really hit our stride in January, we just have to hope that neither Spurs or City are more than 4 points ahead of us by then. He's going to lose his shit next season, it's already in the post. |
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We're better off not running, we don't know where we're going. |
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I had hoped, against instinct, that Mou would build with Martial and Rashford as starters. Truth is if Perisic had arrived they'd be job-sharing the super sub role. |
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